When Art Imitates Art:
The 'Giclée' Debate

Clair Figliolia-Searl is a longtime art collector whose Florida home is filled with everything from oil paintings to bronze statues.

But last year, her collection grew by about a third after she discovered an artist named Pino who makes very realistic digital reproductions of his own oil paintings, which have sold for as much as $120,000. "They just looked so realistic to me, and I couldn't afford an original," says the...